Chapter III: Threats
It's just that all of Le Zhengzhao's calculations, when he saw the dilapidated earthen courtyard, fell apart in an instant, and not a single bead could be beaten. The yard looked dilapidated and old, and the house felt like it was about to fall when the wind blew, and it looked dirty.
Seeing this environment, the curiosity about Chu Qingkui in my heart was almost wiped out.
Chu Qingkui didn't care about him, he took care of himself and found another bamboo basket and threw the rabbit inside, then looked at Le Zhengzhao and said, "Look at it, I'll go out." β
Before Le Zhengzhao could react, Chu Qingkui went out - she picked the tea leaves and was still in the ground.
Le Zhengzhao stared at the rabbit for a while, and couldn't understand what was so good about this kind of hare, but it looked good now, but wasn't it ugly and fat when he grew up? It's almost the same to keep and eat meat.
After looking at the rabbit for a while, Le Zhengzhao felt bored, turned around and pushed the door into the house to take a look.
The room was cleaner than expected, and there was no dusty scene. It's just that after all, the little prince, who was born with fine clothes and fine food, still couldn't help but cover his nose. My eyes looked around the room, and at a glance I saw the women's clothes hanging on the wooden raftsβwhat a girl!
When Chu Qingkui came back, he saw that the bamboo basket had fallen down, and the rabbit had long since disappeared. Frowning and staring at the bamboo basket, when Le Zhengzhao came out, he saw that the rabbit was gone, and he sighed in his heart, and opened his mouth to explain: "I, I'll just go into the house and look at it for a while." Looking for water to drink...... Didn't know it could get out. β
Chu Qingkui saw that his mouth was indeed dry, put down the tea he had brought back, and went to the well to fetch a bucket of water. He took a bowl out of the house and put it in front of Le Zhengzhao: "Drink." β
Le Zhengzhao endured disgust and drank a sip of water, although the well water was cold, although it was a little sweet, but it still made him unaccustomed to drinking it. Chu Qingkui heard movement outside, and reacted quickly to push Le Zhengzhao into the house, telling him to hide and not come out.
Before Le Zhengzhao could react to what was going on, he heard a loud noise outside.
"You dead girl, these teas are to be sold for money! You're stealing it! Chu Qingkui was afraid that his uncle and aunt would be suspicious, so he took off his hat and hung it in an inconspicuous place in the courtyard.
When the eldest aunt came in, she saw the basket of budding tea leaves, and immediately became angry: "Look, let me catch it!" Stealing tea, you still dare to steal tea! Will you use it if you pick it up? It's a waste of money. β
Chu Qingkui looked at the eldest aunt coldly, and asked lightly: "Auntie, the tea mountain was contracted by my father, and the tea tree was planted by my father and brother." I'm just setting fire to the mountain, and it has nothing to do with you, right? β
Where could the eldest aunt listen, she reached out and pushed Chu Qingkui: "I don't care, your father and brother are not at home, you and Xiaoci are still children, and the things at your house should be kept for us!" β
"My sister-in-law is still here, and you have to point fingers at this family?" Chu Qingkui felt that the eldest aunt was really shameless to a certain level, and she was so noisy that she had a headache.
"Yun Yueming, that little slut has only been married for half a year, and there is no heir of the Chu family, in case she takes your father's money and runs away, wouldn't it be a loss for the Chu family? What's more, it's not certain whether Chu Qingyi can come back from the army, in case Yun Yueming can't bear the loneliness......"
Chu Qingkui's eyes became more and more angry, and the eldest uncle on the side didn't think that what his daughter-in-law said was wrong, and it seemed that he thought the same.
"Huh." Chu Qingkui chuckled, pulled out the Miao knife on his waist, raised his hand and threw it out, and the blade was embedded in the wooden stake, which was really three points into the wood.
This action startled the eldest uncle and eldest aunt, the eldest aunt swallowed her saliva, obviously not knowing that this niece actually had such strength, Chu Qingkui looked at them coldly: "Father and brother handed over our family to you, and I can't say anything." You guys took Daddy's money, even if you don't want to take care of us, I'll admit it. But if you let me hear another word that curses my father and brother, and insults my sister-in-law and brother, I will cut out your tongues!" β
The eldest aunt subconsciously covered her mouth, after all, the eldest uncle was a man and wanted to save face, glared at Chu Qingkui and scolded: "You still dare to do something with the elders?" β
"You can try if I dare! Also, if you occupy the land under the mountain, you will occupy it, and I don't want to care if my father doesn't care about it. But if you dare to fight the half-point idea of Chashan, I will sue the yamen with a lawsuit. Anyway, I have the original contract in my hand, which is clearly written in white and black, which ones can be used by our family! When the time comes, don't talk about Chashan, you won't even have a place to live. β
Chu Qingkui didn't care if she tore her face with them, at this time, she could only take more advantages if she was stronger. The uncle's family has always bullied the weak and feared the hard, and the more you endure them, the more they will gain an inch.
The young man hiding in the house was confused, and at first he thought that the girl was a thief, but he didn't expect that it was the head of the family. But it's really ...... Vicious.
I can't see it clearly, and I vaguely feel like a beautiful girl. The window paper was gray and dusty, and it was impossible to see the outside at all. But when he saw the knife, he swallowed his saliva.
The eldest aunt pointed at Chu Qingkui and couldn't speak, Chu Qingkui hooked her lips and sneered, obviously smiling, but it made people feel cold and creepy inexplicably.
"Auntie, who has been stealing tea all these years? It's easy to make money, right? I just don't know how long you can earn this money? Chu Qingkui smiled coldly, in her previous life, she also accidentally bumped into a tea farmer trading with her aunt. I also heard the conversation between my aunt and my uncle, who was very kind to them for a while, because they needed to convince the tea farmers that they also had the right to receive the tea money.
As soon as Chu Qingkui's voice fell, the eldest uncle and the eldest aunt sighed in their hearts - she actually knew everything!
Chu Qingmu leaned against the stone mill and looked at them coldly, the eldest uncle and aunt knew that they were at a loss, especially looking at the scimitar on the door, they were stunned, so they endured their fear and said, "Seeing that it is noon, even if you don't go back, your sister-in-law and younger brother still have to eat." We went back first, went back. β
Chu Qingkui sneered, seeing that they hurriedly went down the mountain, leaning on the stone mill to relieve the anger in their hearts. Everyone is gone, what is she still doing with that breath? And the words of the eldest aunt just now reminded her that her sister-in-law and younger brother still need their help to take care of them! Even if Chu Qingkui is angry, for the sake of his sister-in-law and younger brother, he still won't really do anything with his uncle's family.
Le Zhengzhao took this opportunity to come out, and looked at the woman in front of him and praised it in his heart. This woman is not as delicate as those women in Jinling City, nor is she like ordinary women.
She has a natural indifferent temperament, especially a cold face with sword eyebrows, and the slender Danfeng eyes are more of a momentum than emotions in addition to the living. Obviously born in the mountains, but his lips are red and his teeth are white.
"Enough of it?" Chu Qingkui came out with such a sentence lightly, which made Le Zhengzhao, a playboy, a little embarrassed. He coughed lightly and said, "Well, I've seen enough." No, you're so good-looking. β
Chu Qingkui didn't bother to pay attention to him, and got up to look at the tea leaves. Le Zhengzhao pursed his lips and walked to the pillar to see the Miao knife.
It's just that...... This knife seems to have grown on a pillar, and it can't be pulled out no matter how you pull it out. Chu Qingkui saw his struggling appearance, and walked over with a sigh and raised his hand to pull out the Miao knife, that relaxed appearance made Le Zhengzhao vomit a mouthful of old blood in his heart.
"It's not a local knife, is it?" Le Zhengzhao looked at this knife strangely, and said that it was a scimitar, but it was not the same as the scimitar he had seen. Chu Qingkui snorted and said, "Miao Dao." β
Le Zhengzhao was looking energetic, Chu Qingkui came in with a lot of firewood, lit the small stove in the courtyard, and washed the pot to dry.
"What are you doing here?" Le Zhengzhao was a little curious, after all, he was a person who grew up in the imperial city, where could he understand this? I'm curious about everything.
Chu Qingkui frowned, and instead of answering, he asked, "When are you leaving?" β
Le Zhengzhao was stunned for a moment and said, "Eh...... Why don't you let me recuperate? And are you free to drop me off? I didn't dare to go down the mountain myself. "Le Zhengzhao is really scared at this time, he didn't die in the imperial city, but he was beaten to death by mountain bandits, and it was rumored that he, the little prince, wanted to let others laugh at him.
"Hey, you're still a man." Chu Qingkui couldn't help but sneer, still remembering in his heart that he didn't take a good look at the rabbit.
Le Zhengzhao's face turned red, and he was also unconvinced: "What's wrong with the man?" There are no female reckless men, and no weak scholars are allowed? β
Chu Qingkui raised his eyebrows, and the momentum that Le Zhengzhao had just come up was instantly suppressed. Chu Qingkui got up and startled Le Zhengzhao.
"I, I admit that I didn't say it right, but, but you can't do it!" Le Zhengzhao took two steps back, Chu Qingkui glanced at him, reached out and picked up the basket of tea leaves next to him, and poured it into the pot.
"You're right." Chu Qingkui carefully turned over the tea leaves in the pot with his hands, which was finishing the tea leaves. Baking out the water and frying the tea leaves is the most important process of making tea.
Chu Qingkui meticulously turned over the tea leaves in the pot, waited until the water in the tea leaves was almost baked, and began to knead.
Le Zhengzhao can feel that the pot is very hot on the side, how did she not get burned?
At this time, the fragrance of the tea in the pot had been fried a little, and Le Zhengzhao couldn't help but praise when he smelled it: "Good tea, it smells so fragrant." β
"This is the tea before the rain, and it is naturally fragrant." Chu Qingkui opened his mouth lightly, thinking that after all, he was also a child of a rich family, and it was not surprising to smell the fragrance and debate tea.
Le Zhengzhao was rarely honest for a while, watching Chu Qingkui seriously stir-fry the tea leaves, and felt a lot more relieved when he smelled the fragrance of tea.
"Are you short of money? If you don't give money, you don't save your life, stingy. Le Zhengzhao was entangled for a while and asked, just now in order to stay away from that dangerous place, he was a dignified prince, and the existence under one person actually had to be pretended to be pitiful! It is inevitable that I will be calculating in my heart.
Chu Qingkui replied lightly: "Well,"
"I just heard from you, you have a father and brother, what about them?" Le Zhengzhao just listened to the woman scolding and didn't come back, he didn't listen too carefully and was a little curious, what did he do in this house to leave his wife and daughter? Aren't you afraid that something will happen?
Chu Qingkui made a movement in his hand, lowered his eyes and said: "The emperor is conscripted, and my father and brother are in the army." β
Le Zhengzhao's curiosity instantly stuck in his throat, and he only felt that what he had just asked was really ...... Stupidity!